Democrats in Washington are worried about Barack Obama losing
the 2008 presidential election and it costing them their seats in Congress as well. Well, at least they are being selfless, then
(sarcasm). Really, you
should be more worried about him losing, than your seats
disappearing.

Frankly, after the sub-par performance of the current
Congress, many Democrats and Republicans need to be voted out and new blood brought in
to save the country.

According to a report done last month, the
current Congress did the least amount of work of any in U.S. history. The least
productive, should be the least employed.

Democrats on Capitol Hill fear Obama fallout

Democratic jitters about the US presidential race have spread
to Capitol Hill, where some members of Congress are worried that
Barack Obama’s faltering campaign could hurt their chances of
re-election.

Party leaders have been hoping to strengthen Democratic
control of the House and Senate in November, but John McCain’s
jump in the polls has stoked fears of a Republican resurgence.

A Democratic fundraiser for Congressional candidates said
some planned to distance themselves from Mr Obama and not attack
Mr McCain.

“If people are voting for McCain it could help Republicans
all the way down the ticket, even in a year when the Democrats
should be sweeping all before us,” said the fundraiser, a former
Hillary Clinton supporter.

“There is a growing sense of doom among Democrats I have
spoken to. People are going crazy, telling the campaign ‘you’ve
got to do something’.”

August 19, 2008; Page
A1 - WASHINGTON -- The 110th Congress, whose term officially ends in January,
hasn't passed any spending bills or attacked high gasoline prices. But it has
used its powers to celebrate watermelons and to decree the origins of the word
"baseball."

Barring a burst of
legislative activity after Labor Day, this group of 535
men and women will have accomplished a rare feat. In two decades of record
keeping, no sitting Congress has passed fewer public laws at this point in the
session -- 294 so far -- than this one. That's not to say they've
been idle. On the flip side, no Congress in the same 20 years has been so
prolific when it comes to proposing resolutions -- more than 1,900, according to
a tally by the nonpartisan Taxpayers for Common Sense.